hope

hope has 18 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
• n.. A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
• n.. A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
• n.. One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
• n.. That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
• v. i.. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for.
• v. i.. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in.
• v. t.. To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
• v. t.. To expect; to fear.
• n.. one of the three Christian virtues
• n.. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"
• n.. a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"